Rio de Janeiro lies just barely inside the Tropic of Capricorn. Consequently, the Sun is directly overhead at noon (give or ...
That's when the sun reaches its most southerly excursion - directly over the Tropic of Capricorn. In the June solstice, conversely, it reaches its most northerly latitude, over the Tropic of Cancer.
GROWING UP IN THE 80S, TIME YOU KNOW YOUR SUN, YOUR SUNBATHING OUTSIDE, NO SUNSCREEN. HAWAIIAN TROPIC SUN IN, YOU KNOW ALL THAT’S THE THE SILVER, YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH YOUR FACE. BUT ALL THAT ...